If There’s Anyone Left Calls For Short Stories/ Submission Guidelines (Pay: $0.08/word)

“If There’s Anyone Left” is currently open for submissions for Volume 5. Proceeds from this volume will go toward Palestinian relief organizations. 

They are seeking science fiction and speculative fiction stories. If you are not an experienced writer, please read this article: 10 Creative Writing Tips For Beginners.

Submission Guidelines For If There’s Anyone Left

• Stories must be no more than 1,000 words, and this is a firm limit. 

• Submissions should be in DOC or DOCX formats only. 

• Email submissions to iftheresanyoneleft@gmail.com with the subject line: `SUBMISSION: [story title here] AUTHOR [your name here]`. 

• A cover letter is required, which should include a short bio and your PayPal email address. If you’re a member of SFWA, HWA, Codex, or other writerly groups, please let us know here.

• Please do not summarize your piece in the cover letter. 

• If There’s Anyone Left allows simultaneous submissions, but you must notify them if your story is accepted elsewhere. 

• Feedback may be provided occasionally, but it is not guaranteed. 

• If you do not want feedback, please state this in your email. 

• You will not receive a confirmation email upon submission.

• They do not want submissions from individuals who are not part of the marginalized groups mentioned above. 

• They also do not want stories that are hateful, gratuitously violent, or ideologically exclusive.

• Please prepare your submission according to standard guidelines, which you can find here. 

• You may send up to three submissions per window. This can be all at once or one at a time if you like.

What They Want

If There’s Anyone Left Wants:

• They are looking for science fiction and speculative fiction stories. 

• While other elements can be present, the core of the story must fall within these genres. 

• This call is open to marginalized members of the sci-fi/speculative fiction community, including people of color, LGBTQ2S+ community members, people of marginalized genders, and disabled or neurodiverse individuals. 

• Stories must be inclusive and should not promote hate, gratuitous violence, torture, rape, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, or any other form of hate.

Eligibility Criteria

• Only people of color, LGBTQ2S+ individuals, members of marginalized genders, and disabled or neurodiverse people are eligible to submit. 

• Stories must not be AI-generated or AI-assisted.

• There is no entry fee.

Author Rights

• If accepted, they will purchase worldwide electronic rights for 6 months from the date of purchase and non-exclusive rights for the life of the magazine. 

• They will also acquire non-exclusive print and electronic rights. 

• Authors must be the original creators and copyright holders of their submissions. 

• Authors must be at least 18 years old. 

• If accepted, authors will sign a contract agreeing to these rights and conditions.

Payment

They pay $0.08 per word for original fiction. Payment is made via PayPal, but alternatives can be arranged if PayPal is not feasible for the author.

More questions? Please visit their website.